Halfway Through September Weekend Recap
Howdy-eth Do-eth? Anyone else in the 90's today and the rest of this week? 🤬 It's like summer is getting out its last wrath or something. Not to say when the calendar flips to 'official' Fall that it will suddenly drop in temps but I did see low 80's on the horizon even though my body is quite ready for 60's, sweatshirts and fuzzy socks. But I know at least one or two Indian summers or whatever people younger than me in the PC realm call Satan bursts await in October. I am happy to say I was able to get into the basement Friday and that pic from Friday's post is actually a reality on top! It still looks like steaming garbage on the floor but I do what I can. Saturday we decided to drive and find a Town de la Podunk and see what we could get into. When we arrived at said place, we had a swing and a miss for an old fashioned donut shop. For the love of God, they are not dinner rolls dunked in DQ chocolate dip cone sauce....
We've been fortunate enough to have been to many places that make it easy to go back to in my mind. Only real problem I have is choosing which one at any given time, but that's a good problem to have.
ReplyDeleteMine is the same one I use for the EMDR stuff because it's my "happy place" and that's the North Woods of Wisconsin (hence Woodsy). I have never felt more at peace and pure joy than up there. I have memories from being young, as well las finding the same cabin 13 years later with my hubs, to our own vacations up there with one of our dogs throughout the years. There is a certain scent up there, along with the sandy grass that makes a soft 'thud' sound when you walk because it's so packed down, that I just love. The smell of pine is like no other (dare I say even more than Colorado, but truth be told, I spent more time up north than out west), and when I can recall it in my mind, I'm installing soothed. And bald eagles galore, which just fascinate me. That's my happy place through and through.
ReplyDeleteWe go cabin camping at a mountain lake every summer. It's nothing fancy, but it super soothing to me. I have a picture of the lake as my phone wallpaper so I can look at it any time I want. Where I live is brown and dry except for like 3 days in the spring. That leaves me craving green - anytime I go places with lots of green trees I just feel myself relax. Up there it's all green, smells of campfire smoke & pine needles, and is 10-15 degrees cooler than home and that makes it just about perfect.
ReplyDeleteMy other "vacation" is always a book. I always have a book I'm reading (often 2-3 books at the same time) and all it takes is to open the book and slip into another locale for a quick vacation.